They’re a year older, a year stronger - Tipperary begin search for new hurling faces
Liam Sheedy started his look at younger players in their squad on Saturday against Limerick. By Fintan O Toole Monday 10 May 2021, 6:00 AM Mon 6:00 AM 6,435 Views 6 Comments
Tipperary s Brian McGrath and Limerick s Seamus Flanagan.
Image: Morgan Treacy/INPHO
Image: Morgan Treacy/INPHO
IT WAS 168 days since Liam Sheedy had last taken his Tipperary team into action.
Saturday was a return to the scene of their 2020 exit, nudged aside in a thriller against Galway last November.
The Gaelic Grounds was a familiar setting in that sense but perhaps it was another previous game at the Limerick venue that Sheedy was paying closer attention to.
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As the saying goes, you wait all day for a bus, and then they all come together . For over four months now, we have been waiting for this weekend. And just like that, there is an avalanche, a feast of hurling upon us.
You can see it around the streets of Limerick. The colours are back on, the chat is going again, people are excited, and there is a sense of normality around. I have no doubt it’s the same across all parts of the country. And even with that sense of normality around, there are still so many things different.